Update: Syracuse police say 7-year-old child fled homicide of father

Syracuse police are investigating a homicide at 221 W. Kennedy St. where a 65-year-old man was found dead.Dick Blume / The Post-Standard

Syracuse, NY -- Police identified the victim of a homicide this morning in the 200 block of West Kennedy Street as Jerry T. Mack, 65.

The killing was witnessed by Mack's 7-year-old son, who was able to get out of the house, make his way with the help of a good Samaritan to his grandmother's home on Croton Terrace and tell her what happened, Syracuse police Sgt. Tom Connellan said.

The child's grandmother called 911 at 1:45 a.m. to send the police to Mack's home at 221 W. Kennedy St., where Mack's body was found, Connellan said.The grandmother told 911 there was a shooting there, he said.

According to the boy, three men entered the house and attacked Mack, Connellan said.

Connellan said the department is not going to release any details about the child except to say "he got out of there traumatized, but unharmed.'